Folding cot



(No Model.)

H. o. ROGERS. FOLDING GOT.

Patented Jan. 7, `1896.

rail at 13 and to the post at 14 at a point be- Nirnn STATES HARLEY C.ROGERS, OF ROME, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CARPENTER & DYETT, OF SAME PLACE,AND THE FOSTER BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF UTICA, NEW' YORK.

FOLDING COT.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,586, datedJanuary-7, 1896.

Application led December 8, 1894. Renewed December 2, 1895. Serial No.570,863. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:V

Be it known that I, HARLEY C. ROGERS, of Rome, in the county of Oneidaand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Folding Cots; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in folding cots.

In the drawings which accompany an d form a part of this specification,and in which similar numerals of reference refer to corresponding partsin the several views, Figure l shows a perspective view of my improvedcot in open position, a portion of the-wire fabric being omitted. Fig. 2is an enlarged detail of one corner of the cot, showing the connectionsbetween the leg and side rail. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the partsshown in open position. Fig. 4 shows the leg in folded position.

The frame of the cot consists of the side rails 2 2 and cross-bars 3 3,between which is stretched the fabric 4. At either corner of the frameis provided a leg 5, the legs being arranged in pairs and connected bybars, as 6 7, constituting, with their intermediate spindles, head andfoot boards. In open or extended position the end of the side rail 2abuts against the post and is connected to the post by a hanger 8pivoted to the side rail adjacent to its end at 9 and pivoted to thepost above the point where it engages the side rail at 10, the pivot 10engaging the hanger 8 in a slot 11, permitting a slight sliding movementon the pivot. A link 12 is pivoted to the side low the end of the siderail. The end of the hanger 8 is extended, as shown at 8a, beyond thepivot 9, which extended end is adapted to engage and lock into the notch12uin the side of the link or brace 12. The leg and. side rail arelocated in the same plane, and the leg 5 folds onto the under side ofthe side rail, as shown in Fig. 4, and the hanger 8 andlink 12 arepreferably provided on the inner side of the side rail and leg, althoughthey will work equally as well on the outer side.

To open the cot, the leg 5 is turned from the position shown in Fig. 4to a position at right angles with the side rail, as shown in Figs. 1, 2and 3. When the parts come to this position, the hanger 8 will occupythe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the rail the dottedlines in the same figure. By forcing down on the frame the parts aremoved into the position shown in full lines, the projecting end 8f ofthe hanger 8 entering the notch 12a in the link 12, thus locking thepost firmly on the end of the side rail. This movement is permitted bythe slot 11 in the end of the hanger 8.

To fold the cot, the frame is held up, when, by a slight blow on top ofthe post, or head or foot taken as a whole, the projecting end 8a of thehanger is disengaged from the link, the parts going through the reverseof the movement before described, thereby unlocking the parts andpermitting the leg to be folded.

W'hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a folding cot, with the side-rail and leg, of thehanger pivoted to the post and laterally movable on the pivot at one endand pivoted to the side-rail at the other end, the end being projectedbeyond the latter pivot, and a link or brace pivoted at one end to thepost below the line of the siderail, and to the side-rail at a pointmore removed from the end than that of the pivot of the hanger, andprovided with a notch in which the end of the hanger is adapted toengage, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the side-rail and post of a folding cot, of theextended hanger 8 pivoted to the side-rail and to the post, and thenotched link or brace 12 also pivoted to the side-rail and post, andwith which the being arranged to ntelock, substantially as hangerengages, substantially as set forth. set forth.

3. The combination in a folding Cot, of a In Witness whereof I haveaflxed my signapost or leg and side-rail, of a hanger or link ture inpresence of two Witnesses. 5 pvoted to the post above the line of thesde- HARLEY C. ROGERS.

rail, and to the end of the side-rail, and a link Witnesses: or bracepvoted to the side-rail and. to the VM. P. GRIFFITH,

post below the side-rail, the hanger and brace F. L. ROTH.

